A Replacement Bride

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Beatrice picked at her clean fingertips, which was now pale. With her head lowered, she stared at the string of digits on her phone screen until it went blank, but her calls were not answered.

As her anxiety persisted, she bit her bottom lip until the shape of her beautiful lips changed while her cold pale face appeared frail.

This is the first time Joaquin missed my call.

Is it because of the woman Ian mentioned?

Who exactly is she?

For the first time in her life, she was panicking as she felt things were going out of control.

Why did something like this happen now after five years?

Feeling irritated, she decided it was time to ring him again.

This time, the call was answered quickly. The man's low and cold voice came through the phone, which had been softened significantly by the audio transmission. Beatrice's heart raced a little as she heard the indescribable bass and gentleness in his voice.

"Why didn't you answer my call earlier?" she muttered, feeling wronged and dissatisfied.

Joaquin glanced at the sleeping Katherine, whose cold expression softened under the dim light. Instead of appearing as icy as she had been in the past, her face appeared more tender.

Hearing Beatrice's complaint, he pursed his lips and gently replied, "I was busy. What happened? Who made you upset, hm?"

Beatrice's heart calmed a little when she heard his familiar tone and the unease she harbored was gone.

"I get nervous when I can't reach you. Joaquin, let's…"

At that moment, she was dying to ask him when he was going to marry her.

to marry her. She could not figure out what he was

I'll marry you when the time comes." Joaquin exhausted

ago, he deserved to

him on her deathbed was still fresh in

not be like his father, who was

attractive, and you're surrounded by a lot of amazing girls whereas I'm a nobody. I only have you. What do I do if you decide you no longer want

moment, Beatrice's voice was filled with worry

before slowly exhaling. "There

his

for me? You're my boyfriend, but meeting you is difficult. When other people ask why, I can't even answer them."

saying, "I'm busy these days, but let's meet the day

sleeping on the chair earlier, was already awake and now stared at himself

suppose Miss Cornell has a habit of eavesdropping, huh?" Joaquin asked, raising his

as she arched

one who answered the phone and spoke openly in front of her! As a

my dear fiancé. I wasn't even interested in listening to what you had to say. Plus, I didn't even

quite a temper." Joaquin snickered as he

frail because of how pale her face was. Currently, her brows were furrowed,

in a conversation, Katherine yawned.

an exhausting operation on a patient, which

up from her nap. As a result, Katherine conveyed her irritation with her brows

after saying those words. Seeing that, Joaquin decided to stop

were rather flat, there were many road curves. As such, he drove slowly and steadily to avoid waking Katherine, who was fast

that his injuries are no longer a concern. He simply needs to rest well for a few weeks! Who exactly is that woman, Captain? How could she be so talented? You should ask her

finding out the patient had woken up, there

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